Signs and Symbols

. & (Ampersand) The ampersand was, at least until well into the nineteenth century, treated as the twenty-seventh letter of the alphabet, but its star has fallen, so that now it is used only informally except in registered names of businesses (“Ay, Bee & See Inc.”), which should be written as rendered; a comma preceding it is extraneous.The symbol comes from the cursive formation of the Latin word et (“and”), and the name is a slurring contraction of “and per se and,” which used to terminate schoolroom recitals of the alphabet:

. * (Asterisk) The asterisk is used to call out a footnote or to refer to an annotation of special terms or conditions, to substitute for letters in profanity (“Oh, s***!”) or a name rendered anonymous (“the subject, M***”), to serve as a low-tech alternative to a typographical, or provide emphasis in place of boldface (“Do *not* go there — the food is awful.”). It also has many specialized technical usages. Its name is derived from the Greek term asteriskos, meaning “little star,” and it was originally applied to distinguish date of birth from other references to years.

. @ (At Sign) Until the age of e-mail, the at sign was restricted mostly to commercial use, in purchase orders and the like, to mean “at the rate of” (“Order 1K widgets @ $2.50 per.”). It’s also used in displays of schedules for competitive sports to identify the event venue. Now it’s ubiquitous in email addresses and in social-networking usage, as well as computer protocols, but outside of those contexts, it is considered inappropriate for all but the most informal writing

¢ (Cent) This symbol for cent (from the Latin word centum, meaning “hundred”), unlike its cousin the dollar sign — it’s also used in many monetary systems other than that of US currency — is rare except in informal usage or for price tags. When it does appear, unlike the dollar sign, it follows rather than precedes the numeral, though as in the case of the dollar sign, no space intervenes. The equivalent usage in a context where dollar signs are employed is to treat the amount as a decimal portion of a dollar (“$0.99”); for clarity, a zero should always be inserted between the dollar sign and the decimal point. The sign probably originated to distinguish an ordinary c from one denoting a monetary amount.

. ° (Degree Sign) The sign for degrees of arc or degrees of temperature, which started out as a superscripted zero, was chosen for consistency with use of the minute (′) and second marks (″) employed in geometry and geography; those symbols originally stood for the Latin numerals I and II. The degree sign appears in technical contexts, but in general-interest publications, the word degree is generally used. In references to temperature, the symbol (and the designation of the temperature scale) immediately follows the associated numerical figure (“45°C”). This style is true of many publishing companies, though the US Government and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures prescribe a space between the number and the symbol (“45 °C”), while other publications omit the first letter space but insert another between the symbol and the abbreviation (“45° C”).

. ” (Ditto Sign) The ditto sign, first attested three thousand years ago, signals that text shown above is to be repeated, as in a list in which the same quantity of various materials is intended to be expressed: apples 24 bananas ” oranges ” The word ditto, meaning “said,” derives from the Tuscan language, the immediate ancestor of Italian, but was borrowed into English hundreds of years ago. The word, its abbreviation (do.), and the symbol are considered inappropriate for most writing, though the term has often been used in informal spoken and written language to mean “(the same as) what he/she said.” Although the symbol has a distinct character code for online writing, straight or curly close quotation marks are usually employed to produce it.

. $ (Dollar Sign) This symbol for the American dollar and many other currencies was first used to refer to the peso, which inspired the American currency system. Various origin stories for the symbol come in and out of fashion, but it’s most likely that it developed from an abbreviation of pesos in which the initial p preceded a superscript s; the tail of the initial was often superimposed on the s. A dollar sign with two vertical lines is a less common variant. The dollar sign is also used as an abbreviated reference to various functions in computer programming and similar contexts

. # (Number or Pound Sign, or Hash) This symbol evolved from the abbreviation for pound, lb. (a literal abbreviation for the Roman word libra, meaning “balance”), in which horizontal lines were superimposed on the vertical lines of the letters, producing something like the tic-tac-toe pattern used today. One of many other names for the sign,octotherp (also spelled octothorp or otherwise), was a jocular coinage by telecommunications engineers in the mid-twentieth century. The symbol is seldom used outside informal or highly technical or otherwise specialized context

. % (Percent) The sign for indicating percentage developed in the Middle Ages over the course of hundreds of years, beginning as an abbreviation of percent (from the Latin phrase per centum, meaning “out of a hundred”). Its use is recommended only in technical contexts or in tabular material, where space it at a premium. (Some standards authorities call for a space between a number and this symbol, but most publications and publishers omit the space.)

. ~ (Tilde) The tilde is used as a diacritical mark over various letters to indicate a variety of sounds in different languages, but it also appears midline, like a dash (and is sometimes called a swung dash), to denote “approximately (“Last night’s attendance: ~100”). It has technical connotations as well and is even used as a notation for recording sequences of action in juggling. The name, borrowed into English through Portuguese and Spanish from Latin, means “title.”

. / (Slash, Solidus, Stroke, or Virgule) During the Middle Ages, this sign of many names, including those listed above, served as a comma; a pair denoted a dash. The double slash was eventually tipped horizontally to become an equal sign and later a dash or hyphen. (The equal sign is still used as a proofreader’s mark to indicate insertion of a hyphen.) The slash — also called the forward slash to distinguish it from the backslash, which is used only in technical contexts — is an informal substitute for or.

. _ (Underscore or Understrike) This artifact from the era of the typewriter was used on such devices to underline words to indicate emphasis in lieu of italics. As a survival of that function, words are sometimes bracketed by a pair of single underscores in email and other computer contexts to mark a word for emphasis (“That band totally _rocked_ the place.”). Indeed, as I typed this post in Microsoft Word, the program automatically converted rocked to italics. The symbol also appears frequently in email and website addresses and other technical contexts.

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Gr B Exam Results full List ( dtd 17/07/2012 )

IP Line :

1. Hari Krishna Prasad, Andhra
2. Syed Anwar, Andhra
3. Harish Kumar Mahawar, Chattisgarh.
4. Syed Ansar, Andhra
5. Baby Prasad Dash, Orissa

6. K.Lekshmana Pillai, ASP HQ, Kovilpatti, TN (Roll No. 2290000033 ).
7. Yara Ramakrishna, Andhra
8. Ranjay Kumar Singh, Bihar
9. Raja Biyo Prasad, Bihar.

10. N.Prakash, ASP, Kanchipuram, TN (Roll No. 2290000065 )
11. Himanchu Kumar Mishra, UP
12. Swapan kumar Gorai, WB
13. Wuriti Naga Vidya Kumar, Andhra
14. A.Srinivasa Rao, Andhra
15. Rashi Bihari Ram, ST, Bihar

General Line :

1. R.Rajendran, TN (Ramanathapuram Dn).
2. Ramakrishna, Andhra
3. Viluri Sathyanarayana, Andhra
4. A.Venkata Reddy, Andhra
5. R.Arumugan, TN
6. Rathi Ram Meena, APS, Delhi
1 vacancy will be declared later.
This result is subject to final order in OA No. 235/2012 filed by UP Circle IP/ASP Association and another in the Hon'ble CAT, Lucknow Bench.

Dte Memo No : A 34013 / 03 -2010 / DE Dt. 17.07.12
Congrats to all the Officers.


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Q2 Who  became  Indian  Prime  minister  at  the age of  81 Morarji  Desai

Q3   The  first Indian  to receive  the Magsaysay  Award Vinoba Bhave

Q4 In   what  capacity  did  Vasco  de  Gama  come to India  in  1524 Portuguese  Viceroy  of  India

Q5  In  X-rays   what  did    “  X”  mean Unknown

Q6 The  year  Nobel  Prizes  were  first  awarded  1901

Q7  Oscar  awards  are  awarded  in how many  different  categories  24

Q8  The  year  USA became  independent  from Britian  1783

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Q20   Recording  industry ‘s   most  prestigious  awards Grammy  Awards

Q21  Which  Indian  state was known as  Magadha  in ancient  times  Bihar

Q22   Who  composed  India’s national  song  “  Vande Maataram Bankim  Chandra  Chatterjee

Q23  India;s Longest  Beach  Maraine  Beach  , Chennai

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Q25  The  first  women  chief justice  of a High  Court  in India Justice  Leila  Seth

Q26  The Oldest  university  in  UK Oxford

Q27   When  was Coca  Cola   banned  in  India  1977

Q28 The  first  woman  Chief Election  Commissioner  of  India  V  S  Remadevi

Q29  Electricity  flows  from  -----------  to  ------------ Negative  to  Positive

Q30  The  full   name of  world Bank International  Bank  for  Reconstruction and development

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1687 The first Municipal Corporation in India was set up in Madras.

1772 Lord Warren Hastings created the Office of District Collector.

1829 The office of the Divisional Commissioner was created by Lord William Bentick.

1859 The Portfolio System was introduced by Lord Canning.

1860 A system of Budget was introduced.

1870 Lord Mayo's resolution on financial decentralisation, visualised the development of local self-government institutions in India.

1872 First Census in India was conducted during Lord Mayo's period.

1881 First regular Census was conducted during Lord Mayo's period.

1882 Lord Ripon's resolution was hailed as the 'Magna Carta' of local self-government. He is regarded as the 'Father of local self-government in India'.

1905 The tenure system was introduced by Lord Curzon.

1953 The first linguistic state of Andra Pradesh was created.

1959 Panchayat Raj was introduced in Rajasthan.

1962 First emergency declared.

1963  The first no confidence motion was moved in the Lok Sabha after independence.

1975 Emergency due to internal disturbances

1976 The Fundamental Duties of Indian citizens were incorporated in the Constitution.

1978 Through the 44 th amendment Right to Property has been deleted from the list of Fundamental Rights.

1989 Reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 years for the Lok Sabha as well as Assembly elections.

1991 Created the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

1992 Formation of present day Panchyati Raj.

1999 Extended the reservation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Anglo Indians in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies for 10 more years ie. up to 2010.

2000 The creation of new states of Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Uttaranchal.

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v Promotion as PA from Group ‘D’/Postmen should not be construed as Promotion under MACP

v MACP shall be granted afresh from PA cadre based on 10, 20, 30 years in PA cadre

v Any promotions under LDCE shall not be brought into no. of promotions under MACP

v Applicant should be paid arrears with interest applicable to GPF

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The CHQ is referring the CAT decision to the Directorate requesting to implement the same to all without further appeal in High court or other forums.

Thanks to Com. Sohan Lal Asst. Circle Secretary, Jodhpur & Com. H. P. Diwakar, Circle Secretary, Rajasthan Circle

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